syndicated columnist cal thomas. jim pinkerton contributing editor of of the american conservative magazine and alan coles, the author of the new book, thank the liberals for saving america and host of the alan colmes show. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> he's been loyal to his sons, to his country, to his employees, and to his church, well, i'm sure now that the press is going to tell you, he isn't perfect. but my friends, for the past four years, we tried the one that the press thought was perfect and that hasn't worked out all that well for us. that's why tonight i tell you, we can do better. >> jon: former g.o.p. presidential candidate and current fox news host, governor mike huckabee addressing the republican convention this week, remi reminding america of the media role in the 2008 election, so when you think back to the coverage of 2008 and looking forward to the democratic convention this coming week, jim, has neg changed? >> oh, i think the media are being the media. the mrc, rich noise did